Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post.

From	moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics
Subject	Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post.
Date	2016-12-22 21:22 +0000
Organization	The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989
Message-ID	<o3hg73$k8h$1@pcls7.std.com> (permalink)
References	(2 earlier) <Jeff-Relf.Me@Dec.20--4.15P.Seattle.2016> <o3d28c$7c2$1@dont-email.me> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Dec.21--2.55A.Seattle.2016> <o3fgrl$6eb$1@pcls7.std.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Dec.22--2.36A.Seattle.2016>

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Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:

>I'll tell you ( yet again ) what I told them:

>  My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post;
>  sorry, but it's _not_ like an advert, or comic strip, 
>  with lots of graphics, big fonts, color and WhiteSpace.

>I won the day; I retained control; I get paid -- They lost.

Peer code review works very well here. Sometimes a bug gets
found the original author missed.  The maintainability/
legibility get checked if necessarily, since it is
expected that someday, someone else (perhaps one of them)
may have to maintain it.

"Dense code" is for executable files, the output of compilers
and linkers.  Source code exists for humans as few humans
ever write in the machine language of the target computer,
humans use computer languages.

Again, code for your own use or one-offs that aren't part
of the product can be anything, but professional coders
write with future maintainability in mind.

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Loop(100) Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-17 12:34 -0800
  Command Line jockies use plenty of aliases, no ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-17 21:59 -0800
  Re: Loop(100) moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-19 17:20 +0000
    I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-19 10:56 -0800
      Re: I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 12:30 +0000
        Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 06:06 -0800
          Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-20 15:31 +0100
            Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-20 09:04 -0600
              Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-12-20 13:33 -0800
          Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 15:06 +0000
            What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 09:59 -0800
              Re: What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 23:22 +0000
                I won, bigly. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 16:15 -0800
                AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-21 02:55 -0800
                Re: AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-21 14:33 +0100
                Re: AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-22 03:21 +0000
                My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-22 02:36 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-22 21:22 +0000
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 07:54 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. flatfish+++ <flatfish@linuxmail.org> - 2016-12-23 09:35 -0500
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-23 16:21 +0000
                My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 08:52 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-23 19:12 +0000
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 13:27 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-23 20:56 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-12-23 13:32 -0700
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-23 22:40 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-12-23 15:19 -0700
                My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ). Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 17:06 -0800
                Re: My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ). Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-24 10:40 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-12-24 14:04 +0000
                I explain each of the warnings I disable, and why. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-01-19 03:00 -0800
                Re: I explain each of the warnings I disable, and why. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-01-19 12:09 +0100
                Re: I explain each of the warnings I disable, and why. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-01-20 04:29 +0000
                Re: I explain each of the warnings I disable, and why. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-20 06:48 -0600
                Re: I explain each of the warnings I disable, and why. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-01-20 16:52 +0100
                It's fucking email ! ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-01-19 02:53 -0800
                Someday, if you're lucky, you'll know the freedoms I enjoy. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 08:05 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-12-23 13:49 -0700
                Whitespace and (borked) comments. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-01-19 02:24 -0800
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-01-19 11:30 +0100
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-19 07:29 -0600
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-19 10:36 -0500
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-01-19 16:48 +0100
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2017-01-19 11:20 -0700
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-19 14:49 -0500
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-01-20 04:26 +0000
                About a hundred thousand people have used my code, last 24 years. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-01-19 20:57 -0800
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-01-20 13:39 +0000
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-20 07:46 -0600
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-01-21 14:08 +0000
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-20 22:02 +0000
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 18:31 -0800
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-01-21 14:08 +0000
                Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-22 17:58 +0000
                Whenever/Wherever you spot a lot of whitespace and comments. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-01-19 02:18 -0800
                Re: I won, bigly. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-12-21 09:09 -0500
                Re: I won, bigly. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-12-21 17:37 -0500
                Re: What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-21 07:14 -0600

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